Identity Theft

The following were taken from daily booking reports from the Glendale Police Department. AREA 1 East Broadway and South Maryland Avenue Miguel Castillo, 23, was arrested April 24 on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. 600 block of Ivy Street Ryan Johns, 32, was arrested April 24 on suspicion of theft or unlawful taking of a vehicle and on outstanding warrants for being under the influence of a controlled substance and petty theft. 1100 block of East Palmer Avenue Kenny Leon, 22, was arrested April 24 on suspicion of being drunk in public and an outstanding warrant for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

GLENDALE — A couple are scheduled to be arraigned Monday on charges that they had more than 200 blank access cards and fraudulent credit account paperwork for celebrities such as Tim Burton and Tommy Lee Jones, police said. Ex-convict Christopher Herrick, 43, and Traci Godlef, 42, were taken into custody about 11:17 p.m. Wednesday at the Glen Capri Inns and Suites in Glendale on suspicion of identity theft and forgery, according to police reports. Inside the motel, police also reported finding a credit history report with a Van Nuys address and the name "Gaylord Focker," a character in the film "Meet the Fockers.

Of the 70 people charged Wednesday in Los Angeles County with assisting an Armenian organized crime ring, 19 defendants lived in Glendale and six lived in Burbank, according to documents from the U.S. attorney’s office. Local and federal authorities arrested dozens of alleged members and associates of the gang Armenian Power during a massive regional takedown Wednesday dubbed “Operation Power Outage.” FBI officials said Thursday that they are continuing a search for about 25 more people.

The following were taken from daily booking reports from the Glendale Police Department. Area 1 700 block of South Brand Boulevard Artin Anagholoupian, 23, was arrested Oct. 17 on suspicion of possessing marijuana and dangerous drugs for sale. West Broadway and San Fernando Road Edward Lee, 36, was arrested Oct. 17 on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. 100 block of Carr Drive David Capparilli, 23, was arrested Oct. 18 on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia.

GLENDALE — Fifteen people in Glendale and Burbank were arrested early Wednesday in connection with a major healthcare fraud scheme — most of who were accused of being associated with a crime enterprise that submitted more than $100 million in bogus claims to Medicare. Another four Glendale residents — Pogos Satamyan, 31, Andranik Satamyan, 20, Grisha Sayadyan, 59, and Allen Sayadyan, 30 — were arrested in addition to three other Van Nuys residents on suspicion of establishing at least eight fraudulent medical clinics in the Los Angeles region and submitting more than $17 million in fake claims to Medicare, according to federal indictments.

DOWNTOWN — Two Glendale men have been charged with identity theft after detectives discovered a sophisticated credit-card-manufacturing operation in a northeast Glendale home, where hundreds of counterfeit, re-encoded cards had been produced and sold, officials said Tuesday. Vachik Kasumyan, 61, was charged Sept. 29 with 24 counts of theft and unlawful access-card activity and transfer of identifying information, according to the criminal complaint. Kasumyan, police said, owns the hillside home where the cards were fabricated and embossed.

My identity was hijacked. Unfortunately, that's an all too common occurrence in Glendale. And unfortunately in this Internet age, names and numbers are all also too readily available. My first indication that something was amiss was when I received a letter from the Internal Revenue Service. It looked like an income tax filing under my name and numbers was being audited. I always jointly file with my husband, so I didn't understand why my filing was separated from his. To cut to the chase, one call to the IRS — the customer service line is (800)

NORTHWEST GLENDALE — Several trash-digging incidents here have prompted residents to organize a community meeting Thursday aimed at thwarting identity theft. Residents grew concerned about people digging through recycling bins last month when they noticed the people were stealing papers, including bills, and not the typical bottles or cans. ' Kate Fosselman, who lives on Grandview Avenue, woke up about 2:15 a.m. June 8 after hearing the rustling of trash. She peered out her window and saw a man looking through junk mail that had been placed inside a kitchen bag. She and her husband yelled at the man, who said he was sorry and fled in a navy station wagon.